Rothgard

So, the computer has never crashed in BIOS. Every crash results in my computer's attempt to post again, which will always fail a few times before the mobo forces the system to boot into a 'safe mode' for bios. I even left it in bios for an hour or so just to make sure. The Trident Z neo ram speed is resetting to factory default rather than DOCP speeds every time there's a crash. The Corsair LPX ram didn't reset. I wonder if I'm dealing with two problems in the system instead of one? The trident z neo passed the full gamut that memtest offered without a problem. It didn't BSOD originally, but as the crashes became more frequent it started to BSOD. I attempted a reinstall of windows on another drive in the system, and it couldn't get farther than inputting a windows key before giving me a BSOD. Thinking about this more, I bought a large surge protector from best buy. That was the only change I did before the system gradually lost stability. It started with a crash every few days, to every day, or a few times a day. Now it's pretty much impossible to do much before the system fails. I've never heard of a surge protector causing this sort of thing, but I've already ordered a fancy APC unit to try as an alternative.

I turned on "DOCP" in the bios, which set the ram to its intended clock speeds of 3600 mhz, CL16. This is the ram I a using: https://www.newegg.ca/g-skill-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232861?Description=trident%20z%20neo&cm_re=trident_z_neo-_-20-232-861-_-Product Interesting thing - after the computer crashes, the DOCP setting is reset for the ram back to 2133 mhz. I tried some Corsair LPX memory - 3600 mhz with CL18. This memory didn't need DOCP to be turned on to access the clock speeds that were advertised for the kit. That said, the computer continued to crash even if I swapped the ram.

Wow - so here's a monster of a problem. The greatest kudos the internet can offer to anyone who has a solution. First the build: 3800x cooled by Corsair h100 XT Asus x570 i gaming 32gs 3600mhz cl16 ram (Trident Z neo) WD Black 500g nvme Crucial 1TB nvme 1080ti Corsair SF750 platinum power supply All inside an ncase m1. Gpu never went above 65 and cpu never went above 70. Played on this a fair bit, then it started crashing more and more often. A crash would happen following severe system slowdown for about 5 seconds - the system would freeze, then reboot. Following a crash, the system is unable to post. After shutting down and turning back on a few times by holding down the power switch, the system starts rebooting itself, then it goes into a kind of BIOS safe mode. My first guess was the mobo was dying - despite being about 2 months old. The bios is updated. Anyways, after restarting several times, the system would eventually be able to post and return to windows. It now happens so frequently, the system is basically unusable. Here is what I have tried: 1. Swapped the motherboard for another of the same model. 2. Swapped the ram. 3. No errors on memtest 4. Swapped out the WD Black nvme. 5. Swapped out the video card. 6. Swapped the power supply. 7. Hell, I even swapped the cooler to a D15 because I was running out of things to swap. 8. And at this point, I decided screw it, and swapped the case, too. I haven't swapped the cpu. I have checked to see that it has been mounted properly. My understanding of failing cpus is that they typically won't even post. I was pretty sure the mobo was faulty or dying, but swapping this did absolutely nothing. My best guess is that there might have been a bunch of these mobos produced with faults? Maybe the 3800x is faulty? Checking windows logs, errors would show that the system wasn't shut down properly, but no indication of a specific device. I have put dozens of hours into trying to figure this thing out, and I'm just completely stumped.